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Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Act 2016
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#### 119 Complaints relating to investigation of critical incidents
119 Complaints relating to investigation of critical incidents
> > (1) Any person may complain to the Inspector (verbally or in writing) under Part 9 about any conduct of a Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner or other officer of the Commission in overseeing the conduct of the investigation of a critical incident that is or could be officer misconduct or officer maladministration and the Inspector may deal with the matter under that Part.
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> > (2) Any person may complain to the Commission under Part 5 about the conduct in general of an investigation by the NSW Police Force of a critical incident or of a police officer conducting such an investigation that is or could be agency maladministration, officer misconduct or officer maladministration.
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> > (3) The Commission must give notice of a complaint about a police officer conducting the investigation of a critical incident to the Commissioner of Police immediately after it is received and must take into account any recommendation of the Commissioner of Police in deciding whether to refer the matter to the Commissioner of Police for police investigation or to itself investigate the complaint under this Act.
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> Under section 44 (9) the Commission must postpone making a decision about a police misconduct matter if the subject of the misconduct matter is the conduct of a police officer who was involved in a critical incident that is the subject of an investigation until the conclusion of any critical incident investigation of the incident.